A LIFE IN rock ’n’ roll

WELCOME…

When Vintage Rock heard the sad news about TV supremo

21 ST CENTURY ROCKABILLY

Free with this edition of Vintage Rock is a free 23-track CD starring some of the artists at Western Star Records. All manner of rockabilly is here, from the UK to the USA via Sweden… Crank it up!

The Top 10 Rockabilly Heroes

Join us as we celebrate the birth, rebirth and enduring appeal of a music genre that you could say kick-started it all… rockabilly

Whoe lotta shakin

After two frustrating years at Sun Records, Carl Perkins was desperate for a new start. His first album for Columbia was a failure in sales but a rockabilly triumph as he burned up the road to twang town.

Rock This Town!

Rockabilly underwent a huge revival in Britain during the 70s and early-80s, and even welcomed American strays with open arms. Vintage Rock revisits the days when a bunch of Teds, Welsh rockers and 50s throwbacks invaded a baffled Top Of The Pops and won…

POLECATS ARE GO!

Playing rockabilly with a punk sense of anarchy, The Polecats helped revive the genre for a whole new generation

Rockabilly Now

Rockabilly is much more than just some dusty exhibit in the museum of music, it’s a thriving, jiving scene that covers the world from Las Vegas to Hong Kong. Vintage Rock takes the pulse of modern rockabilly and picks 10 of the finest roots acts keeping rockabilly’s heart beating loud and proud.

The Wonder Of Wanda

Rockabilly legend and country pioneer Wanda Jackson publishes her autobiography in November.

Not Fading Away!

Buddy Holly tribute act to revisit original venues in 2018 for landmark “1958” UK tour

SHADOWS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

If you’re a fan of vintage-style intro twang and The

All The King’s Men

Associates talk Presley at the Elvis Festival in Great Yarmouth. Douglas McPherson reports…

STAX CELEBRATES 60

You may have seen the BBC’s September broadcast of

JACK GOOD 1931-2017

Just before this issue of Vintage Rock went to press

A Tribute Sonny Burgess

Sonny Burgess (see full tribute on page 68) was not

VR COVER ARTIST SET FOR LINK WRAY COVERS ACT

If you like this issue’s cover art by the rockin’ scene’s

5 CULT ROCKABILLY CUTS FOR HALLOWEEN

Just when rockabilly got obsessed by scary songs and

MIKE BERRY

He remains one of the most sought after rock’n’rollers around and when Vintage Rock catches up with Mike Berry he is looking forward to The Solid Gold Rock ‘N’ Roll Show 2017

CADILLAC KINGS

Mike Thomas and his Cadillac Kings have won fans around the globe with their good-time blues. But what is the secret of their success?

Classis album

JERRY LEE LEWIS LIVE AT THE STAR-CLUB, HAMBURG

Long Live Vinyl

FROM SWEET SOUL AND ROUGH R&B TO ROCK’N’ROLL CUTS BY BOTH FAMOUS AND OBSCURE ACTS, BILL DAHL CORRALS JUST SOME OF THE DELICIOUS VINYL PLATTERS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR PURCHASING PLEASURE THIS MONTH…

Album Reviews

John Howard is spoilt for choice with an eclectic selection of new releases this edition with albums from Laura Ashleigh, Smokin’ A and Bob Butfoy, while Bobby Hendricks, Link Wray And The Wraymen and The Penguins get the compilation treatment. To celebrate the Hallowe’en season Monsters Vampires Voodoos & Spooks has also been rockin’ the Vintage Rock stereo

SUMMERTIME SWING FESTIVAL SAINT HILL MANOR, SUSSEX, 7 AUGUST

The Jive Aces have turned their regular charity fundraiser in Sussex into a summertime spectacular, and this year’s event, supplemented by some good weather, didn’t disappoint

SOUNDTRACK of my life

JOE BROWN

CODA

On 4 March 1957, The Everly Brothers appeared on The

FULL BLAST!

When Sonny Burgess passed away in August, the rock’n’roll world lost one of Sun Records’ brightest stars. With this previously unpublished interview from 2014, Vintage Rock salutes Sonny and his rich life…

BIG MAMA’S BLUES

While she’s probably best known for singing the original version of Hound Dog, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton left a legacy like no other.

TOP 40 CLASSICAL “ROCKERS”

Vintage Rock stirs the melting pot of pop and ‘serious’ music